12-13-2007, 08:53 PM
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| Strange, odd or unique pre-tournament rituals/talisman/good luck charms
I'm sure no one really wants to know this detail but I'm in a sharing mood tonight (blame Sam Adams) :
I shave (well, I actually use Nair) off all of my pubic hair the day before a tournament. 
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12-13-2007, 09:38 PM
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| That explains your username in far more detail than I ever wanted to know. 
As for me, I have a nice, greay breakfast.
Scrambled eggs, hasbrowns/shredded potatoes, bacon, toast, and water.
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12-13-2007, 10:39 PM
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| You must have had a lot of Sam Adams to share that... I agree with Rabid Monk, that explains your username in more detail than I'd ever want.
Yeah, my ritual is that I clean and check all of my weapons the night before. The morning of, I just try to relax, then I do my hair, which is a 15 min long process (I have to do it to keep it out of my face and off my lamé, I do double french braids, loop them together at the back of my head, put on a headband, and pin everything down). Then I get dressed, always in the same order and the same way, finally I put on my ankle braces, knee braces, and wrist brace. Warm up, then I'm ready to go.
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12-13-2007, 10:47 PM
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| That is a whole lot of braces WP, go drink some milk =].
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12-13-2007, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Cookeit  That is a whole lot of braces WP, go drink some milk =]. | I'm alergic to milk, but I take calcium/vitamin D suplements that my doctor recomended. I wear the braces because my ligaments are too stretchy. In my ankles, that means that it's easy to injure the tendons (tendons get tighter when injured so the possibility of them snapping increases). I just got out of physical therapy for my ankles, and I'm still strengthening my muscles to compensate for the ligaments. The knee braces I wear because I have the same problem with my knee ligaments, but in my knee this means that my femur and tibia grind together if they're not supported (but now I wear those out of habit, the muscles are strong enough). In my wrist, I have tendonitus.
So really, the only one that I need to keep wearing is my wrist one, I don't need my knee ones anymore, and my ankle ones I won't need in another 6 months.
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12-14-2007, 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by TheNakedSword I shave (well, I actually use Nair) off all of my pubic hair the day before a tournament. |
I'm liking this guy, he's as good as cup of coffee at 5:30 in the morning. 
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12-14-2007, 05:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Rabid Monk That explains your username in far more detail than I ever wanted to know. | ...though it does match his current avatar...   
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12-14-2007, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Warrior Princess You must have had a lot of Sam Adams to share that... I agree with Rabid Monk, that explains your username in more detail than I'd ever want.
Yeah, my ritual is that I clean and check all of my weapons the night before. The morning of, I just try to relax, then I do my hair, which is a 15 min long process (I have to do it to keep it out of my face and off my lamé, I do double french braids, loop them together at the back of my head, put on a headband, and pin everything down). Then I get dressed, always in the same order and the same way, finally I put on my ankle braces, knee braces, and wrist brace. Warm up, then I'm ready to go. | I have actually been trying to figure out what to do with my hair. Putting it up isn't the problem. It staying there with repeatedly putting my mask off and on is.
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12-14-2007, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by LTranter I have actually been trying to figure out what to do with my hair. Putting it up isn't the problem. It staying there with repeatedly putting my mask off and on is.
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French braids (pinned well) stay up for hours. I guess you have long hair?
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12-14-2007, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by TheNakedSword
I shave (well, I actually use Nair) off all of my pubic hair the day before a tournament. | I assume you do that so that you can see it again, right? | |
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12-14-2007, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by TheNakedSword I shave (well, I actually use Nair) off all of my pubic hair the day before a tournament. | OK, so do you care to explain how this helps you win?
Does it improve the maneuverability of your weapon in some odd fashion?
(The anthropologists on this board would call this "sympathetic magic")
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12-14-2007, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by TheNakedSword I shave (well, I actually use Nair) off all of my pubic hair the day before a tournament. | 
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12-14-2007, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by TheNakedSword I shave (well, I actually use Nair) off all of my pubic hair the day before a tournament. | Please don't ever tell me your real name - I just don't want to put two and two together. | |
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12-14-2007, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by DE_Strip_Tease French braids (pinned well) stay up for hours. I guess you have long hair? | I have medium length with alot of layers, the shortest ones are about at my ears, and the longest are half way down my back. This works for long hair and medium and shorter hair (if you pin and braid it right).
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12-14-2007, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by TheNakedSword I'm sure no one really wants to know this detail but I'm in a sharing mood tonight (blame Sam Adams) :
I shave (well, I actually use Nair) off all of my pubic hair the day before a tournament. | Dude. This is fnet. Eventually, we're going to figure out who you are. Do you want us to remember that when we finally find you at a tournament? | |
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12-14-2007, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Beloit Fencer of Old I assume you do that so that you can see it again, right? | LMAO...funny, very funny.  Fortunately I do not have that problem. It was just a thing that my wife (who passed away 6 months ago from ovarian cancer) suggested on a whim and I've been doing ever since.
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12-14-2007, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by TheNakedSword I shave (well, I actually use Nair) off all of my pubic hair the day before a tournament. | Erm... that sounds like a really bad idea- do you really want those chemicals near such tender areas? | |
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12-14-2007, 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen | Did you get a chance to see my previous one?
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12-14-2007, 10:45 PM
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